Birmingham ArtWalk Festival
Description: Artwalk is an arts festival that transforms Birmingham’s loft neighborhood into an arts district, featuring the work of more than 100 visual artists, live musicians, street performers, food and drink vendors, and children’s activities.
Date: September 5, 2008 ? September 6, 2008
Artwalk is an arts festival that transforms Birmingham’s loft neighborhood into an arts district, featuring the work of more than 100 visual artists, live musicians, street performers, food and drink vendors, and children’s activities. The event is free to the public and in the last three years has become a much anticipated fall event drawing visitors from all over to downtown Birmingham. For the past two years, more than 10,000 people walked the streets of downtown during the two-day event.
Through the good will of area businesses and the work of a dedicated staff of volunteers, Artwalk hosts established and emerging regional artists in the unique and architecturally rich setting of downtown Birmingham. Art lovers will see original work in all mediums priced from the affordable to the extravagant. Participating artists are predominantly from Birmingham and surrounding communities, showcasing the wealth of regional talent. People of all ages can enjoy being downtown at a safe, family-friendly, community event. Friday night has been compared to a huge gallery opening with a street festival atmosphere, while Saturday afternoon caters more to the family crowd with special children’s activities.
Phone Number: 205.591.7708
Location: Artwalk takes place in downtown Birmingham in and around historic Morris Avenue, 1st and 2nd Avenues North between 22nd and 25th Streets.
Time: All-day event
Event Website: http://www.birminghamartwalk.org
Price: FREE
Labor Day Celebration 2008
Description: Music, food, crafts, MOON PIE EATIN’ contest
Date: August 31, 2008 ? September 1, 2008
Full Description: The Annual Celebration in the Historical Tannehill State Park and Ironworks. All tours and museums will be available, train and pony rides, fishing, food, music and more. The Headliner on Labor Day is the 18th Annual Moon Pie Eatin’ Contest with CA$H prizes. Camping is available and pleanty of activities for family and friends of all ages. Easy to get to: Just 2 miles of I-59 and 7 miles off of I-459. Time stands still but the activities will go on, rain or shine at Tannehill. Reservations for cabins or campsites are reccomended.
Phone Number: 205-477-5711
Location: Tannehill Historical State Park, McCalla, AL- just miles from Bessemer, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, everywhere!
Time: All-day event
Event Website: http://www.tannehill.org
Price: gate entry includes all activity $3 adults, $1 children
Art on the Rocks: An evening of music, art, food, drinks, and FUN!
Location:
Birmingham Museum of Art
2000 Eighth Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama
Starts at: 5:00 PM
This is not an all day event
Description:
Phone Number: (205) 254-2565 Come back for Four May marks the start of this Art on the Rocks season, four summer Friday nights full of fun, music, world-class art, take home art activities, food, and drinks at the Museum. Each evening is themed around one of the exciting traveling exhibitions on view in our galleries. Admission to Art on the Rocks is $10 for members and $20 for general public. Tickets will be pre-sold on www.artsbma.org.
Celebrate the powerful combination of art and science in the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. If you choose to take your flying machine for a test drive, please wait until you get home
Birmingham Folk Festival
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Date: Agust
Description: The Birmingham Folk Festival is an event for the whole family! Folk and bluegrass musicians perform, children’s area with activities for the whole family, food vendors offering local specialties and traditional favorite festival foods, a “rush tent” for musicians to meet, greet, and network, recreational activities, local artists offering unique handcrafted items for sale, and more!
Exhibition-39th Annual National River Road Show
Exhibit Dates: December 2-31, 2008
Title: 39th Annual National River Road Show – call for entries
Sponsor: Louisiana Art and Artists Guild
Venue: Louisiana State Archives
Awards: $2,800 – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Four Honorable Mentions
Juror: Judi Betts
Eligibility: Open to all artists 18 and over. All original two-dimensional media accepted except for photography and digitally created or enhanced works.
Fees: $35 for 3 entries, $5 for each additional up to 10
Location: Betty Efferson, 11242 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70815
Phone: 225-293-9793
Website: http://laag-site.org/
Festival of The Bonfires
Address: Louisiana Ave
Baton Rouge, LA 70071
Phone: (225)869-1717
One of the largest Bonfire events in the state held yearly this is one that’s worth listing even though it’s pretty far out of town. About a week before the event people start asking if I’m going. It’s a great time for the whole family and really gets you in to the Christmas season. How many bonfires have their own website?
Festival of The Bonfires Website: http://www.festivalofthebonfires.org/
Baton Rouge Festival of Lights
100 North Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
The festival of lights is how the city of Baton Rouge welcomes in the Christmas season. North Boulevard is all dressed up in Christmas lights and there are various activities taking place. Singing of Christmas songs, art displays, a fireworks show, a parade and presentations from various city officials such as Mayor Kip Holden.
Its a great event for the whole family and worth going check out. My girlfriend and I started our evening there before having dinner at Capitol City Grill and finally heading over to 3rd street for a few drinks where we saw the Mayor himself hanging out with the locals at Roux House.
I found the art displays to be very interesting. There was a man who’d set a world record for largest toothpick sculpture and various painters one of whom was painting while he was out there. I love that kind of stuff.
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Louisiana Book Festival
Date: October 04, 2008
Category: Louisiana Book Festival
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Discription: Free celebration,Includes storytellers, face painting, arts & crafts, writing tent, costumed characters
Attendence: Estimated attendees-15000
Phone: 225-219-9503
Baton Rouge Job Fair
Date: August 6, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Facility:
o Embassy Suites Hotel
o 4914 Constitution Avenue
o Baton Rouge, LA 70808
o E-mail Contact: jlightell@employmentguide.com
o Contact Phone # (888) 274-5727
Description:
Kick off a New Career at the Job Fair!
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
10am-2pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel
4914 Constitution Avenue in Baton Rouge
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